The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-09
THE DRESSING ROOMS.
AN ACTRESS SPEAKS PolNTEDLY OF
A GREAT GRIEVANCE.

Accommodations Out of Town That Arc
Disgrace to Managers-Experience in
Den Infested with villainous Cock
roaches-A Nuisance.
The radiant adolescent was talking to the
sunny haired actress, or rather was drawing
her out and doing the listening. He was one
OF those little, STACEY men who blink and look
wise when they know nothing about the sub
ject in hand, and who maintain an appear
ance of blandly stolid imbecility when their
mind is not quito blank.
"And so they treat you so badly behind the
seenesl" he said smoothly, as the sunny haired
actress tried to clean pink satin slipper with
ammonia and then made wry face because
the pungent chemical went up her noser
ruthlessly. Il wouldn't stand it, by Jove, not
for minute"
"Oh, yes you would,' said the little lady
making another ammonia dab; "you'd stand
great deal more than do; you'd jump if
you got the chance, hal ha. You see, we all
expect too much Now, before went upon
the stage l used to imagine that each evening
should be shown to dainty little dressing
room, richly carpcted, handsomely furnished,
be-looking glassed, be-cbaired and be-sofa'd.
l was idiotic enough TO suppose that the man.
agement would supply u wardrobe in which
could keep my dresses, my properties and
everything to which laid claim Instead of
all this-oh, my heart sinks when remember
it,
~ on don't mean TO say that you don't get
decent places to dress and undress in,7 asked
the radiant adolescent, possessing himself of
PINK slipper and standing it on its little big
heel
IN THE OUT TOWNS.
LISTEN she said tragically, striking an
attitude like the favorite pose of Fanny Dav-
export in Fedora" I'm not going to tell
you anything about New York dressing
rooms, because-well, don't know very
much about them, and my engagements
aheml-call me principally to the provinces,
but can tell you all about the nccommoda-
lions out of town. They arc simply vilnin-
Gus They are disgrace to the managers Of
theatres Now, in one town l visitcd-I
won't mention names-I was shown my dress
ing room by the manager himself, who told
me he thought it such an improvement ON
the general run of dressing rooms 1t was
a wooden box, not as large as one
OF the bathing rooms at the Battery
baths. On one of the walls was piece
look rs though it were cut up into sections,
and gave me a CHASTITY tint which no amount
OF rouge would remove. There We're chinks
everywhere, and if there had been one of
those peepng Toms, one Of whom frightened
Mrs lAngtry so much at Birmingham, |
grieved to think of the predicamcnt / should
have been in. Was it coldi We'll, | should say
it was. That night shivered in my poor lii
tie slippers-those very pink satin ones.
came to the theatre from a hot dining room,
in the full process of digesting my repast
You can imagine with what danger TO my
health was forced to undress, put ON a low
bodice, and stand with trembling shoulders
while l rouged myself gloved myself, and
concluded myself. If my constitution hadn't
become accustomed to such exposure | should
have died. I'm going to tell you more terrible
things. At one theatre l went to, | was
positively shown to a dressing room without
u door-not a vestige of one. If | chose TO
dress in it, must do so in spite of the stage
carpenters and men Of all work who passed
and repassedn-
But you didn't choose, tmstyn
No, thought it best nos TO do So de.
clined to divest myself OF q stitch until Il tenn
porary door of some kind or other had been
rugged up for me. OF course the men of all
work were most unwilling to help me, so
kept every one waiting by first hunting for
sheet, mailing it carefully where the door
should have been, and then dressing. Next
day found door-a brand new thing. but
still door, and though it had no lock, | was
very thankful for it,
AN INFESTED DEN.
while J was still new to the business
continued the sunny haired actress, sitting
down by the radiant udolesccnt. 81 had to
play the part OF bride in lit;lc far away
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